The Big Pink, Foamie !

[tac422]

edited to add note: This is a continuation of Mike's 10' Foamie http://tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=44091


Wow! What an awesome site !

So I've been reading for several weeks now, and following several builds while gathering "parts" and info.

THANK YOU Mike and Mitchell !! (more on that later )

I figured I might as well start a "build" thread ...I'll start at the top.

I have some damage to repair to the foam, which I was just going to fix with sprayfoam until I saw ghcoe using drywall corners on his #1 build. Thanks George !
So I went looking and found two types of plastic archway drywall corners, one bullnose (rounded) and one right angle. These are designed to go around curves. Perfect, they will add protection to the corners and give nice clean edges to the curves.

So , I did a little experiment to see if it might work... pictures should be attached.(if I did it right). I used Gripper, but might try TB2 as GPW has had better results on his Foamstream canvassing. Thanks GPW !

Corner to foam test.

I'm planning on using the right angle along the entire bottom of the tear drop, including the wheelwells, and the bullnose along the side edges.

I'll fill in the top damage with foam and put the bullnose over top of that. Everything will get covered with canvas.

Canvas over edging test

It's a nice tight bond, the holes in the plastic allow the gripper to come though to the canvas.

 

[KCStudly]

Welcome!

So it sounds like you are fairly well along in your build. Can you give us an overview of what you are building (size, profile style, trailer type, etc.) and what type of camping you plan on using it for?

More pics are always welcome, too. Perhaps something of an overview shot?

 

[Mary C]

Welcome, and what KC said, remember we are still new to the the foamie realm few years and need things put in plain simple stuff with lots of pictures, experiments and explaining. We are still experimenting and reporting back on what we find. Like I own few clamps so I find working with some glues not great and with the humidity so high here in GA right now, some wont dry probably for weeks. so what works for some doesn't necessarily work for others. I am not sure by your pictures where you are on your build can you please explain. you have me wondering. Or did I miss your build thread on another thread? I have been working so much lately, and I have not read and my 62 CRS keeps cropping up.

Mary C.

 

[GPW]

Tac, looks like "The Bear" got to your foam ... What happened ?
Drywall corners ... Cool find !!! Probably lots of stuff out there we could adapt for our uses ...

 

[tac422]

Here's what my goal is ....

except fullsize of course

 

[GPW]

Cool Choice !!!

 

[atahoekid]

That will be awesome!!! Welcome to the world of Foamies.... I wish I had thought of dry wall corners when I was building mine. I rounded all of my corners because I used fiberglass on my build and fiberglass doesn't go around corners well. If I had thought of it I would have squared off my corners. We love Keep us up to date!

 

[wagondude]

Is this the resurrection of Mike's foam standy? Kudos to you for taking on that project.

 

[tac422]

Wagondude,
Yep, you guessed it ! That didn't take long ...
I was wondering how long before somebody recognized it !


Back to the build, I ordered some new windows that fit great. I'm going to put some foam corners in to canvas over before I install them.

here's my wheel well effort.
before

after

 

[couponjnp]

Wow, that's great!! Lucky you. As you already got nicely profiled standby. Looking forward to your build.

JNP

 

[GPW]

Tac, so you’re the one ... lucky guy !!!

 

[Mary C]

TAC, You are doing great!!! and what a find!!! congratulation!!! You will do fine, sounds like you got it down!!!!

Mary C.

 

[atahoekid]

AWESOME!!! I'm glad someone is gonna take the ball and run with it. It was our great leader Mike who convinced me it was worth building a foamy. I am so thrilled someone is gonna finish it. Looking forward to watching this one to completion...

 

[tac422]

Thanks for all the well wishes !
I consider myself very lucky to have gotten this. THANK YOU MIKE and MITCHELL !!
What a great start to a tear drop !


I tried using TB2 yesterday to install more of the drywall corners ... well, that didn't work at all !
It didn't bond to the plastic, and wouldn't stay in place on the foam. It keep running to the bottom, and dripping off.
So I'm going to stick with the Gripper to do the corners. Here's a close up of the Gripper.

 

[KCStudly]

If the gripper is working for you that's great.

If you were to try the TB again you might scuff the plastic trim with some sand paper first (give it some "tooth") and use bamboo skewers poked thru the little holes in the trim to hold it in place until the glue sets up. Proven method in Foamies.

 

[tac422]

KC,
I used round toothpicks to hold the trim in place, which worked well. But the glue kept running to the bottom and dripping off.
Sanding the plastic is a good idea, and would certainly help, but I've good about 90 ft of trim to do, and the gripper works well.

tac ( who finally figured out how to have an Avatar !)

 

[atahoekid]

Hey tac, have you thought about using Great Stuff as an adhesive? The stuff seems to stick to everything and you need to knock it down when using it, but if you can control the foaming and swelling, it might work. Not too hard to sand either if it gets outta control and you can't get it knocked down before it dries. Just a thought...

 

[eaglesdare]

Forgive me for having CRS (can't remember sh* umm stuff), but what site did we meet at?

I am so happy that you got Mike's foamie! What a great start you have there. Looking forward to watching you finish it.

 

[kudzu-TNT]

Here's a close up of the Gripper.

I like the look of that drywall edging. I think it could be useful in a number of areas. (And cover up a multitude of sins I'm likely to commit. )

 

[tac422]

I installed some of the rounded corner yesterday.
The lower curve is as tight as it will go. I should probably have trimmed several tabs just a tiny bit as they overlapped slightly, but by the time i saw that everything was covered in gripper and pinned in place.
I plan on using corner molding on every exposed corner. You can't see in the picture , but I put corners on the inside of the bottom as well.
These overlapped the outside corners, but seemed to get good adhesion. This should protect the bottom pretty good.

closeup of rounded corner